Job opening: Program Support Assistant
Salary: $46 696 - 60 703 per year
Published at: Oct 26 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
Performs a wide variety of administrative tasks associated with maintaining and supporting the work for Sheridan and the CBOC's in the Home-Based Primary Care (HBPC) Service Line and other sections within Geriatrics and Extended Care.
Duties
Duties, but not limited to:
Office and Administrative Support Duties 60%
Performs a wide variety of administrative tasks associated with maintaining and supporting the work for Sheridan and the CBOC's in the Home-Based Primary Care (HBPC) Service Line and other sections within Geriatrics and Extended Care. The incumbent operates at a level of responsibility that requires independent actions with broad program directives and supervisory guidelines. These responsibilities involve:
screening requests for information, personally providing authorized information from files and records or advice on established procedures
effectively interacting with staff, top management officials, Veterans, and family members
determining the eligibility of patients for admission to the HBPC program
establishing program priorities for the successful completion of projects and expedition of correspondence within established policies and procedures.
Human Resources Assistances 40%
The incumbent receives schedules, refers and contacts members of the staff, agency, and persons outside the agency ranging from other government agencies to the general public, local agencies and local universities; screens calls and personally fields calls when the requested information concerns routine and procedural requirements; supplies the requested information when the question concerns information the employee is familiar with or can easily get (e.g. status of reports, suspense dates, procedural requirements).
Established various filing systems, index, retrieval and follow through systems for inpatient quality data.
Assists leadership in preparing and maintaining statistical records regarding position vacancies, staff training, and Licensure expirations. Maintains current records for gains and losses for the care centers and reasons for such.
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:30am to 4:00pm
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Program Support Assistant/PD14188-O
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: not Authorized
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required
Qualifications
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/09/2023.
Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-7 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-5. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade.
You may qualify based on your experience as described below:
Specialized Experience GS-07: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-05 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to:
Performs clerical, administrative and technical program support work for the service
Makes travel arrangements, prepares and submits travel documents for staff member.
Communicates effectively both verbally and in writing with individuals from a variety of backgrounds
Handles conflict and problems in dealing with customers, constructively and appropriately
Maintains an automated system of program-specific data to track suspense dates on projects milestones, progress reports, funding accomplishments, compliance strategies, etc.
You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:
ClericalCommunicationsComputer SkillsManages and Organizes Information
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.
Physical Requirements: The work is generally sedentary. Typically, the employee may sit comfortably to do the work. However, there may be some walking, standing, bending, and carrying of light items like papers or books. No special physical demands are required to perform the work.
For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.
Education
There is no educational substitution at this grade level.
Contacts
- Address Sheridan VA Medical Center
1898 Fort Road
Sheridan, WY 82801
US
- Name: Melissa Rodriguez
- Phone: 702-791-9000 X15984
- Email: [email protected]
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